This article introduces sites related to Oya stone, a pumice stone quarried near Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture. The stone and the sites are fascinating; its an easy place to visit as a day trip from Tokyo, or as a stopover on the way to Nikko. (Archived article originally published by Japan Today.)
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Cool, who is the statue of? Not Confucius, because we saw the worlds largest statue of him (well we thought so at least), and it was smaller than that.. it looks like an emperor
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The statue is Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy.
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Aha, very cool.
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